Twanger's Toolkit

Every country Telecaster tone you could want, in one preset.

Twanger's Toolkit is a love letter to country Telecaster tone. It's the successor to my Paisley preset, but instead of a Paisley V2, I went bigger: an all-in-one country guitar preset with boutique amp captures, detailed pedal captures and eight scenes built for the sounds you actually hear on records and on Lower Broadway.

Every amp capture is a full rig: amp and cab together, mic'd with a small diaphragm condenser. Load it up and play. No IRs needed.

Both versions (Quad Cortex & TONEX) utilize V2 capture technology, respectively. The Quad Cortex captures are Cortex V2 captures, and the TONEX captures are TONEX V2 captures.

TWO TONAL WORLDS: BRAD & BRENT

Country Telecaster tone mostly lives in two worlds, and the Toolkit covers both.

Brad is the snappy, Vox-y side: chimey, compressed and bright, the sound of players like Brad Paisley and John Jorgensen. It's the Paisley preset sound, rebuilt. The BIGREKT (Dr. Z Z Wreck) captures do the heavy lifting, with detailed captures of both sides of the Paisley Deluxe (the Paisley and the Underdog).

Brent is the vintage, Fender-y side: round, punchy cleans and singing leads, the sound of players like Brent Mason and the Bakersfield crowd. The DIPLOMAT (TopHat Ambassador) captures bring the Blackface style clean, and detailed captures of the Wampler Hot Wired handle the classic Nashville session lead tone.

A third amp has also been inlcuded in this pack: the Dr. Z Z28. This amp perfectly straddles the two tonal worlds of Tele pickin', by giving you the best of Brad style tones AND Brent style tones in a single unique amp.

QUAD CORTEX ONLY:

To go anywhere between the two tonal worlds, you also get detailed captures of both sides of the Karma Machine Shop, an all-in-one "Nashville" overdrive, as well as the celebrated Nobels ODR-1 (30th anniversary edition). V2 capture tech can now capture compressors, so captures of the Wampler Ego compressor are also included here, representing what is in my opinion the very best version of classic Ross/Dyna-Comp style compressors used by Tele pickers for decades.

THE SCENES:

Brad & Butter: the default Brad Paisley style tone.

Brad Nailer: Brad's distorted tone, using the Paisley side of the Paisley Deluxe.

Brent-essentials: the default Brent Mason style tone.

HellBrent: Brent's lead tone, using the Hot Wired

Broadway Honky Tonk: a pushed American tone using the DIPLOMAT Growl capture, built to recreate the cranked Blackface sound over the years from the players at Robert's Western World on Broadway.

Bakersfield Revival: an ode to the Bakersfield sound, especially the second wave, from players like Pete Anderson.

All-Purpose Lead: a lead tone that works on everything, using the BIGREKT Edge 2 plus the overdrive of your choice.

'69 Camaro: a different flavor of country tone, built around the ZED 28 (Dr. Z Z28).

Amp captures, 8 in all

• BIGREKT (Dr. Z Z Wreck), 3 captures
• ZED 28 (Dr. Z Z28), 3 captures
• DIPLOMAT (TopHat Ambassador), 2 captures

Pedal captures, 20 in all

• TBP STOMP - Ego (Wampler Ego), 3 captures
• TBP STOMP - Paisley (Wampler Paisley Deluxe), 4 captures
• TBP STOMP - Underdog (Wampler Paisley Deluxe), 2 captures
• TBP STOMP - Karma MTN (Karma Machine Shop), 3 captures
• TBP STOMP - Karma ODR (Karma Machine Shop), 2 captures
• TBP STOMP - Nobels (ODR-1), 2 captures
• TBP STOMP - Hot Wired, 4 captures

Who this is for:

If you play country guitar, this is the one preset to buy. Chicken pickin', honky tonk rhythm, Bakersfield twang and fiery session leads are all here, ready to go.

Works with:

Quad Cortex, TONEX. (PLEASE NOTE: the TONEX version is AMPS ONLY - no pedal captures.)

Price: $75 (QC), $60 (TONEX)

Hear it first: https://youtu.be/bfzRVrKzezc

Inspired by the playing styles of Nashville's great Telecaster players. Not affiliated with or endorsed by any artist or pedal maker.